Windows 10: One Drive using computer disk space

When I save a picture from my PC to One Drive, One Drive also makes a copy of the file on my PC under the Users directory. This has used up all the memory on my C Drive, and also limited the space available to me on my One Drive folder. If I delete a file in the one drive "User" folder, it also deletes the file on One Drive, but the original on my D Drive still remains? If possible I would like to set up my iphone to transfer pictures directly to One Drive as I take them, and I do not want the extra copy under "Users" as it has created a drive space issue. Help

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Lost space of Pen Drive

Hello,

Thank you for bringing up your query on Microsoft Community.

We regret the inconvenience caused to you.

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  Have you tried connecting to a different computer?
  

I suggest you to connect the USB flash drive to a different computer and check.

First back up all the data from your USB drive to another location.

I suggest you to connect the USB flash drive to a different computer and check.

Let us try the following steps, and check if it helps.

Step 1: I suggest you to refresh the drive letter and then try to rescan the drives that are connect to the computer and check.

To refresh drive letter:

• Open Computer Management (Local).
• In the console tree, click Computer Management (Local), click
  Storage, and then click Disk Management.
  
• Click Action, and then click Refresh.
  
• Once you have refreshed connect the new zip drive and to update hardware information, click Rescan Disks instead.
  

Step 2: For unallocated space on USB drive

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  Press the Windows key, and type Diskpart.
  
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  Click the result to open the DiskPart command prompt window.
  
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  In the command prompt window, type list disk and hit Enter.
  
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  The removable USB drive or hard disk will be shown under
  Disk 1.
  
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  Type in the following commands and hit Enter.
  

select disk 1

Clean

create partition primary

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  The first command selects your removable USB drive.
  
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  The Clean command deletes all the current partitions present on the USB drive.
  
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  The Create primary partition creates a fresh partition and allocates all the unallocated space on this fresh partition.
  
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  Type Exit to close the command prompt window.
  
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  Unplug your USB drive and plug it back again.
  

Hope it helps.

Let us know the status, we are glad to assist you further.

 

disk space reduced after media creation tool

Hi Sarah,

One of the possible reasons why your disk space was reduced is due to an unallocated disk space on your partitions. For us to isolate your concern, we suggest that you check your device's partition. To do this, follow the steps provided below:

• Type Computer Management on Ask me anything and press
  Enter.
• Select Storage and click on Disk Management.
• Send us a screenshot.

We look forward to your response.

 

Unallocated Space to C Drive

Thanks